Winter nights in Queenswood Heights are colder than in 78% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 26.2°C. Precipitation peaks in June and eases off in February. Its July heat outdoes that of 62% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Queenswood Heights has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Angers, 9.6 km north-west.
A year in Queenswood Heights at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Queenswood Heights’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Queenswood Heights feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 179 frosts and 112 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 29 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 938 mm of rain and snow a year
About 120 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Angers normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Ottawa (City) here, 20 km away.
Snowfall: about 185 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 45 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Queenswood Heights
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 60% of Canadian towns.
Living with Queenswood Heights’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 119 days, roughly 26 May to 22 September.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Queenswood Heights’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Angers
Angers is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 9.6 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 91 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Ottawa (City), 20 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Ottawa (City), 20 km |
How Queenswood Heights compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Queenswood Heights’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 16–27 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Queenswood Heights.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queenswood Heights Angers | 26.2°C | −16.5°C | 938 mm |
| Gatineau 16 km · Ottawa (City) | 26.7°C 0.5°C warmer | −14.0°C 2.5°C milder | 938 mm |
| Chelsea 27 km · Luskville | 26.9°C 0.7°C warmer | −16.0°C 0.5°C milder | 968 mm |
| Embrun 27 km · Ottawa (Airport) | 27.0°C 0.8°C warmer | −14.3°C 2.2°C milder | 930 mm |
Queenswood Heights weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.2°C | 65 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −15.5°C | −9.5°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −8.7°C | −3.7°C | 62 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 10.7°C | −1.0°C | 5.0°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 5.6°C | 12.2°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 10.9°C | 17.4°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.2°C | 13.4°C | 19.6°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.5°C | 18.7°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.1°C | 14.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.6°C | 2.2°C | 7.4°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.2°C | −3.5°C | 1.0°C | 72 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −11.0°C | −7.0°C | 74 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.2°C | −0.3°C | 5.3°C | 938 mm | 185 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.5°C), August least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −33.5°C (2007) and 27.0°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Queenswood Heights’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Angers from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Queenswood Heights’s climate
How warm does Queenswood Heights get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 26.2°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Queenswood Heights get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −16.5°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Queenswood Heights get?
938 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is June (95 mm); the driest, February (52 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 121 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Queenswood Heights itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Angers, since Queenswood Heights has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Queenswood Heights →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).